Israeli scientists have trained goldfish to drive, in a scene out of a Dr. Seuss book
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Photo: Sure a goldfish can mingle in a tank, but some have taken their movement to the next level by operating robotic vehicles on land as part of an animal behavior experiment. Photo credit: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images. Article by Rachel Treisman. NPR – January 11, 2022.
Picture this: A goldfish swimming in a square tank on wheels as it rolls deliberately from one side of a room to the other. It’s not a scene from a children’s book or a futuristic movie. It’s an animal behavior experiment at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, where researchers have successfully trained several goldfish to operate a robotic vehicle in an effort to explore whether their species is capable of navigating on land. […]
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Video: Goldfish: fish on land – Ben Gurion University in the Negev – January 5, 2022
